---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000764180-23-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MO"
cik: "0000764180"
company_name: "ALTRIA GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T07:28:02.787212+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Altria agrees to resolve 6,000+ JUUL cases for $235M, records Q2 charge

## Summary
- Settles at least 6,000 JUUL-related state and federal cases for $235M aggregate, including attorneys' fees.
- Covers ~50 economic class actions, ~4,500 personal injury, ~1,500 government entity (incl. 1,400 school district), and 750 state court consolidated cases.
- Excludes certain AG, tribal, antitrust, and Canadian cases; settlement subject to final agreements and court approval.
- Expects to record $235M pre-tax charge in Q2 2023, treated as special item and excluded from adjusted diluted EPS.
- Company states claims are meritless but settlement avoids uncertainty and expense of protracted litigation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000764180-23-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MO
- cik: 0000764180
- company_name: ALTRIA GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418023000063/0000764180-23-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/764180/000076418023000063/mo-20230510.htm

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